GENIUS FORUMS

Trevor, You are an excellent student! Finally, someone appears with an open mind and a desire to learn. I have heard of Sartre, but don't know a thing about him. I know very little philosophy. And, it is strange, but my 'ideas' do not exactly accord with the Hindu philosophers that I have read. Much...

Trevor, let's start with the 'Cosmic Self.' In order to understand THAT (as Nisargadatta Maharaj would say), I will have to explain everything in the universe and how it is structured. But we have time. My 'system' is totally unlike anything you will find. It is my own mix of what I would call Advai...

I got these questions from Trevor in another thread. They are probably the best questions I've been asked here at Spock Central, and they seem sincere, so I thought I would place them here so we can work on them. I don't want to get sidetracked outside of these particular issues. Here they are: (Whe...

Last time I checked this morning I had been banned. Why am I unbanned? I already knew I would be banned. Have you unbanned me because I pre-empted you? how does the universe define what constitutes a "moment", which it needs as a launching pad for triggering parallel universes? It can't tr...

I know David wants to ban me because I can read his mind. yet have no awareness of how others actually perceive this behavior Do you really think I have no awareness of how others actually perceive my behavior? Really? You must be kidding. I know exactly how you will react just like Dr. Pavlov knew ...

You all provide me with a deep joy. You'll never know. But I am not practicing 'lying.' I'll leave that to David. I am actually trying to show you the world as it is. It is like I quit smoking a long time ago and go into bars to convince everyone that you can actually enjoy life without it. I still ...

Clooney really has it all. He's got one of those nice wooden 50s boats and lives in a villa on Lake Como, Italy - where Moto Guzzis are made.

You should all rent his great movie, 'Solaris.' There is a message there for you and Clooney's acting is really special.

The ethical bachelor hasn’t a hope in hell of remaining a bachelor whilst playing this game. He’ll get tired of all that chasing, and sick of forking out money all the time. The day will come when he’ll find a woman, and that will be the end of the bachelor fantasy That's not necessarily true...

This is not what you were saying earlier. You were saying that the cat does indeed exist in some sense, that it is both alive and dead - which is the complete opposite of what you are now agreeing to. My dear David, it seems that I contradict myself all over the place. Not just here. And that is be...

Here is a very thorough discussion from Stanford:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-manyworlds/

As for the cat in the box, when no one is observing it, it has no existence at all. It is neither alive nor dead. There is literally no cat there to be either be alive or dead. It is only when a cat appears in the field of consciousness of an observer that it presents an appearance of some kind, ei...

What's the problem? You reckon that there is no death, that we merely migrate to another world. It's just like going to another room, isn't it? So go on. Go to the next room. Why hang around here? David my son, you don't understand. Even if I go to a parallel world, you and your board will still be...

Very good posts, DH. In Many Worlds, the wave function does not collapse. The superposition of states is taken to mean that the universe has split into a universe where the cat is alive and another where it is dead. When you open the box, you discover which universe you are in, not what happened to ...

Is that a "no? There is a very important and simple answer to the question "What is it that identifies with the personality?" I suppose someone thinks that is a trick question. It's not. It is basic. But I have no comment on it. When I see someone is not really interested in an answe...

hummmmmm.

I wonder if E.I. still thinks I'm insane and David still wants me to cut my own throat.

Unwise's problem here is that he thinks that Schrodinger's cat proves that there is a problem with logic. Such a position is completely ridiculous We see that it is not the poison placed in the box that kills the cat. It is the looking into the box that kills that cat, because it is equally possibl...

The cat is either dead or alive regardless of what I believe about the cat.

No. The cat is neither dead or alive until someone looks. If the cat is alive, there is a dead cat in another universe.

I am "my personality." Therefore the above statement makes no sense

No enlightened man would make a statement like that. You are most certainly NOT your personality. It is precisely your identification with the personality that is the definition of ignorance and bondage.

Look, would you mind slitting your throat now and shuffling off to some other world, and leave us all in peace? You're such a bore. Go see your doctor about your blood pressure. You're going to bust your gall bladder with bile backed up like that. I have purposely come to 'Worldly Matters' so as no...

Holy christ man! The absence of death is not the continuation of the personality. Your personality will be with you forever. DH - Whether you are fond of Copenhagen or Many Worlds, they are both highly problematic from the viewpoint of the logicians and determinists who run this board. If you are a...

Mistaking a theory for a fact is a parting from reality. The further one has parted from reality, the less sane he is. There, always the need to reclaim one's status. What happens when you die is a part of life. What I said was that there IS NO DEATH. How can this be construed to mean that I am wor...

EI, you started off saying that my ideas were 'insane.' Now that you have been brought up to speed you say that it is only 'a theory.' I've gained ground. Both of these emotional stated indicate a strong ego. The reason you say this is because YOU are identified with your ego. A guru uses an ego, bu...

Einstein hated quantum mechanics because it was not 'logical.' Yet, many strange and illogical features of QM including 'spooky action' have all be proven correct. QM is a fact. Your cell phone wouldn't work unless QM were true. Yes, the multiple universe theory is not at this stage considered an ab...

EI, Do you reject the position of theoretical physicists that there are billions of earths just like this one? With YOU on them? Is this what you think is insane?

I just take it for granted that people calling themselves 'genius' keep up with science.

The simple reason people spend lifetimes seeking enlightenment is that they are attached to being a genius. Being someone. Just as soon as the ego is no longer important, it falls away like a leaf. I pick up leaves all over the place and hold them up and look at them. What is that to me? But it is a...